According to a St. Bernard Sheriff's Office news release, the friend Smith had been staying with called police on Wednesday about 3:30 a.m. and reported him. Smith's friend told police he had advised Smith to turn himself in, but he was still at the apartment in the 7900 block of Patricia Street when police arrived.

Police were dispatched to the 3900 block of Hollygrove Road on Tuesday at 6:10 p.m, where three men were shot in what witnesses described as a drive-by shooting. Police have yet to release information about the three victims, but two were identified by a witness as Raymond Miles and Shannon Davenport.

The Sheriff's Office said that, when arrested, Smith listed his home address in the 900 block of Green St. in New Orleans, but that he had clothing at and appeared to be living at the apartment in Chalmette.

Smith was transferred to New Orleans police on Wednesday and taken into custody at Orleans Parish Prison. St. Bernard Sheriff's deputies found a Glock magazine containing bullets in the apartment where Smith was arrested.